The Role
Develop and maintain business-critical Python backend services and Flask APIs. Build asynchronous workflows with Celery and RabbitMQ, work with MongoDB and data-processing libraries, troubleshoot complex applications, and maintain automated tests, code reviews, and GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines. Collaborate with product, frontend, and DevOps teams while improving documentation and technical practices. The role requires working from Riga, Latvia.
Summary Generated by Built In
Emergn is a technology and management consultancy with a mission to set our clients free. No dependency. No short-term fix. Just teaching them the real cure to their problems, so they can stay ahead of their competitors now and forever.
A different kind of consultancy like this needs a different kind of team. One you might be just the right fit for.
This is a place for people who want to:
– Make a real difference. Here, you solve problems for real. No endless engagements or running up the clock. You get to see how change really works for some of the world’s greatest businesses.
– Never stop growing. We turn our expertise back on ourselves. Here, you’re always learning, stretching your thinking at the cutting edge of how organizations grow, which means staying at the cutting edge of your own growth too.
– Belong everywhere. We’re a global community of experts who work without borders. Friendly, supportive, and genuinely collaborative. Because when you’re trying to change an industry, you need people who have each other’s backs.
A different kind of consultancy like this needs a different kind of team. One you might be just the right fit for.
This is a place for people who want to:
– Make a real difference. Here, you solve problems for real. No endless engagements or running up the clock. You get to see how change really works for some of the world’s greatest businesses.
– Never stop growing. We turn our expertise back on ourselves. Here, you’re always learning, stretching your thinking at the cutting edge of how organizations grow, which means staying at the cutting edge of your own growth too.
– Belong everywhere. We’re a global community of experts who work without borders. Friendly, supportive, and genuinely collaborative. Because when you’re trying to change an industry, you need people who have each other’s backs.
As a Senior Python Developer at Emergn you will take ownership of a business-critical Python platform and help it grow.
Join our team and let’s change the game together!
We want you to:
- Develop and maintain backend services and APIs using Python and Flask.
- Understand the behaviour of an existing, complex application and build new features without impacting what already works.
- Design and implement asynchronous processing and background job. workflows using Celery and RabbitMQ
- Work with MongoDB and process data using Pandas and NumPy.
- Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve application issues.
- Keep code quality high through automated tests, pull requests, and code reviews.
- Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.
- Collaborate with product, frontend, and DevOps teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Use GitHub Copilot and other AI tools to work more effectively.
- Fill documentation gaps and contribute to technical best practices.
This job might be for you if you have:
- 4+ years of professional software development experience, with Python as your main language.
- Solid knowledge of Python, from the fundamentals to more advanced concepts.
- Hands-on experience building REST APIs with Flask.
- Experience with background jobs and asynchronous processing using Celery and a message broker such as RabbitMQ.
- Hands-on experience with MongoDB, ideally through PyMongo.
- Experience writing automated tests and making safe changes in large, existing codebases.
- Comfort working with Git and GitHub, pull requests, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.
- Professional working proficiency in English.
You might also have:
- Experience with Pandas and NumPy for data processing.
- Experience with GitHub Actions.
- Experience with AWS services.
- Knowledge of Node.js or Vue.js.
- Experience in financial services projects, such as pensions or insurance.
Location requirement:
- This opportunity requires you to be based in Latvia, Riga.
What we offer:
- Salary: 3.500 - 5.000€ gross/month.
- Work within a dynamic international team of experts.
- Excellent opportunity for personal and professional development.
- Flexible work model and the freedom to choose the tools that suit you best - Mac or Windows.
- Ability to work with modern technologies.
- Extensive catalogue of educational programs, the possibility of training and certification at the expense of the company.
- 20 working days of vacation per year.
- Life and disability insurance.
- Health insurance.
- Big free parking.
- Birthday gift.
About
We're Emergn. A technology and management consultancy that believes sustainable competitive advantage doesn’t come from the latest tech or hottest trend - it comes from the way you work. That’s why our goal is to embed a complete work operating system within our customers’ businesses, so they stop reacting to change and start creating it. We do this across three areas: shaping processes to be faster, clearer, and more innovative; developing people so inspiration comes from within the organization; and designing technology solutions that bring it all together. The result? Companies don’t just get ahead for a moment. They stay ahead for an era. And make it theirs.
Skills Required
- 4+ years of professional software development experience, with Python as the main language
- Strong knowledge of Python, including advanced concepts
- Hands-on experience building REST APIs with Flask
- Experience with background jobs and asynchronous processing using Celery and RabbitMQ or another message broker
- Hands-on experience with MongoDB, ideally using PyMongo
- Experience writing automated tests and making safe changes in large existing codebases
- Experience with Git, GitHub, pull requests, and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience working in Agile or Scrum teams
- Professional working proficiency in English
- Experience with Pandas and NumPy for data processing
- Experience with GitHub Actions
- Experience with AWS services
- Knowledge of Node.js or Vue.js
- Experience working on financial services projects, such as pensions or insurance
- Must be based in Riga, Latvia
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The Company
What We Do
Emergn is a global technology and management consultancy and digital business services firm on a mission to improve how people and companies work. It helps businesses build lasting competitive advantage by changing operating practices, moving from project- to product-centered organizations, and improving how they shape, build, and deliver products and services. Its work spans consulting, technology, and capability development, including leadership, agility, and product management.
